The King of Fighters '99/K'

Introduction

The new hero of KOF and Kyo's Rival.

Mid tier character.

Zoning and Poking character.

Crouch height: Low

Jump : 3/33/1

Stand	Crouch	Backdash	Run

In-depth Analysis

Qualities :

• Good damage
• His impassable j.b
• good juggle combos
• His j.qcb.b who can surprise in air-to-air
• Builts meter quickly
• Fastest short hop of game

Faults :

• His ineffective Chain Drive (qcf, hcb + P) in matches (bad startup, don't pass on combos, easily punishable) so that this is his more powerful DM
• Gets little frame traps options
• little normal attacks gets high priority and almost all have bad recovery and thus easily punishable
• bad high/low mixup (his f.b is unsafe and have very slow startup and no instant overhead)
• can just pass dp.a in combos after cr.light attack
• Haven't viable crossups even if j.d, j.c and j.a can do

Low-tier as Striker

Movelist

THROWS-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sport Pile >> When close - b / f + C

Knee Strike >> When close - b / f + D

SPECIAL MOVES------------------------------------------------------------------

Iron Trigger >> qcf + P >> Negates 1-hit projectiles.

   Can be followed with Second Shoot or Second Shell.

/Second Shoot >> After Iron Trigger - f + B

/Second Shell >> After Iron Trigger - f + D >> Negates 1-hit projectiles.

   Juggles.

Crow Bite >> f, d, df + P >> Evades all normal attacks and specials (A).

   Can be followed with Crow Bite follow-up (C).

/Crow Bite follow-up >> After C Crow Bite - f + K >> Overhead.

Minute Spike >> qcb + K >> Can be done in the air.

Blackout >> qcf + K >> Half screen (B).

   Full screen (D).
   Evades normal attacks and projectiles (D).
   

DESPERATION MOVES--------------------------------------------------------------

Chain Drive >> qcf, hcb + P >> The sunglasses that K' throws can negate any 1-hit projectile.

Heat Drive >> qcf, qcf + P, hold P to charge move >> Unblockable when fully charged. (C)

Frame Data and Hitboxes

Red Color = Hurtbox

Purple / White Color = Hitbox

H = High

L = Low

C = Cancel

KD = Knock Down

R = Safe on Hit and Block

S = Special Cancel

Su = Super Cancel

For Special Moves :

Black Color = Hitbox

	Frames	Advantage	Cancel	Block	Hitbox			Notes
Standing Close
	4/3/4	+5/+3	R,C,S,Su	HL
	5/6/8	-5/-7	R,C,S,Su	L
	4/3(3)6/12	-2/-4	C,S,Su	HL
	7/3/19	-5/-7	C,S,Su	HL
Standing Far
	4/3/7	+2/0	R	HL
	6/3/14	-5/-7		HL
	11/6/25	-13/-15		HL
	12/3+3+3/20	-12/-14		HL
+	11/13/27	KD/-22	S,Su	HL
Crouching
	4/5/6	+1/-1	R,C,S,Su	HL
	5/4/6	+2/0	R,C,S	L
	5/3(3)4/23	-13/-15	C,S,Su	HL
	8/4/26	KD/-12	C,S,Su	L
Jump
	5/15/4	-/-		H
	5/∞/-	-/-		H
	6/5/10	-/-	S	H
	7/3+4/9	-/-	S	H
+	14/5/5	KD/-	S	HL
Neutral Jump
	5/11/5	-/-		H
	5/16/3	-/-		H
	6/8/10	-/-	S	H
	7/3+4/9	-/-	S	H
Hop
	5/10/-	-/-		H
	5/20/-	-/-		H
	6/5/-	-/-	S	H
	8/3+4/-	-/-	S	H
+	8/3+4/-	-/-	S	H					Command Normals
f+	17/17/22	KD/-21		HL				Counterwire, hard knockdown. Free cancellable out of
f+ (cancel)	/ /	-19/-21	S,Su	HL
f+	19/4/22	-9/-11		H				Knocks down airborne opponent
f+ (cancel)	19/4/22	-9/-11	S	HL				Knocks down airborne opponent
Special Moves
qcf+	12/8/16	-8/-10		HL				Ein Trigger - qcf+P
qcf+	14/8/18	-10/-12		HL
qcf+ > f+	12/10,2/26	2/0		HL				Second Shot - f + B (after Ein Trigger)
qcf+ > f+	14/18,2/31	2/0		HL
qcf+ > f+	/ /	KD/		HL				Second Shell - f + D (after Ein Trigger) Vertical anti-air that knocks opponent into the air for juggles
qcf+ > f+	/ /	KD/		HL
dp+	/ /	KD/	Su (counter mode)	HL				Crow Bites - dp+P dp+C has some startup invincibility Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of on all hits
dp+	/ /	KD/	Su (counter mode)	HL
dp+ > f+	/ /	KD/		HL
qcf+	33/ /							Blackout - qcf+K Teleport's K' forward. qcf+B goes half screen length and qcf+D goes full screen length Can be hit out of it fairly easily
qcf+	41/-/-
qcb+	/ /	KD/		HL				Minute Spike - qcb+K Can be done in the air as well Free cancellable into Free cancellable out of
qcb+	/ /	KD/		HL
j.qcb+	/ /	KD/		HL
j.qcb+	/ /	KD/		HL
DMs
qcfx2+	/ /	KD/		HL				Heat Drive - qcfx2+P A version comes out faster, but C version will hit if the opponent is right in front of you Can be held to make unblockable with C version (takes a long time though) Hard knockdown
qcfx2+ (full charge)	1+6+184+7/5+11/29	KD/		-
qcfx2+	/ /3	KD/		HL
qcfx2+ (full charge)	/ /	KD/KD		-
qcf,hcb+	/-/8	-/-		HL				Chain Drive - qcf hcb+P K' throws his sunglasses. If he whiffs, he will stand there for a long time, otherwise he will dash forward Hard knockdown
qcf,hcb+	/-/	-/-		HL
qcf,hcb+ (connected)	/ /	KD/		HL
qcf,hcb+ (connected)	/ /	KD/		HL
SDM
qcf,hcb++	/-/	-/-		HL				Chain Drive - qcf hcb+AC Same properties as qcf hcb+P, except it is not a hard knockdown